Archives: incidents


Two youths had been play fighting in a field whilst under the influence of alcohol in a field just south of Maltby. They had somehow injured themselves and we were called by YAS to evacuate them both. Fortunately, one of them managed to walk out and the other was stretchered […]

YAS 15103794 2 youths injured in field


We were called by YAS to a 45 YOM mountain biker who had fallen off his bike on the steel city run, and had been unconscious for a short while. We checked him over for possible spinal injuries and evacuated him back to the ambulance. This incident involved 11 team […]

YAS 15098972 MTB GRENO WOODS


We were called by SYP to an incident in Greno Woods, where a dog had been following its owners down the Steel City MTB track but had failed to make one of the gap jumps, injuring its hind legs quite badly. With the dogs jaws secured, we managed to get […]

SYP839 Injured Dog Greno Woods



A 15 YOM Mountain biker had fallen from his biker in Greno Woods. He had hurt his elbow, wrist and knee, but was able to walk to our vehicle, and be transported to Sandy Lane to meet his family. This incident involved 8 team members, and 15.2 man hours of […]

YAS 15059104 MTB GRENO WOODS


An 82 YOM fell on a path in woods near Conisbrough injuring his left Knee. We attended the scene and after treatment by the ambulance crew, we stretchered him off to the ambulance. This incident involved 11 team members, and 40.7 man hours of effort. Elapsed time 3.7 hours.

YAS 15023897 Male with injured Knee Conisbrogh


We were tasked along with Search dogs and Lowland search and rescue to look for a 62 YOF who had gone missing from home. We searched Sandall Beat Woods near Doncaster without result. This incident involved 9 team members, and 51.3 man hours of effort. Elapsed time 5.7 hours.

SYP 1228 Missing vulnerable female



South Yorkshire Police requested our help in locating an 80 YOM who had gone missing from his care home in Shiregreen. We were assisted by members of Holme Valley MRT and MRSDE search dogs in searching the area around Wincobank. Nothing was found but sadly he was later found deceased […]

SYP172 80 YOM Misper, Shiregreen


We were called by YAS to a male climber who had taken a fall from Wharncliffe Crags, sustaining chest injuries. Using ropes and manpower, we hauled him up the crags and transported him by stretcher to the ambulance. This incident involved 16 team members, and 44.8 man hours of effort. […]

YAS 14900414 Fallen Climber Wharncliffe Crags


As we were returning home from the last job, another request for help from Edale MRT was received to assist with the rescue of a 2 YOF who had fallen 5ft sustaining serious injuries. She was treated by a HEMS doctor and stretchered off to the ambulance. This incident involved […]

YAS 14870484 EMRT Assist



We were asked by Edale MRT to take over as job in the Rivelin valley as they had to re-deploy to a more urgent job on Stanage edge. We also Deployed South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue to assist us as their station was close by. A male with a collar […]

YAS 14873687 EMRT Assist


We were asked by South Yorkshire Police to search for a missing vulnerable male in the Armthorpe area of Doncaster. Together with Edale MRT and MRSDE search dogs, we searched the woods south of his home address without result. He later turned up at home safe and well. This incident […]

SYP 330 High Risk Misper, Armthorpe


A 50 YOM was reported to have fallen sustaining a serious leg injury on the banks of Midhope Reservoir. However we search the area with no result and it later transpired that this was an error by the ambulance service and in fact the patient was in another area altogether. […]

YAS 14843254 50 YOM Broken Leg




Once again, we were in Greno Woods attending to a 52 YOM mountain biker who sustained serious multiple injuries after falling off his mountain Bike and hitting a rock. Together with YAS paramedics, we placed him in a vacuum mattress and stretchered him off to the Ambulance. This incident involved […]

YAS 14789419 MTB GRENO WOODS